The Riddle of the Sphinx, or Human Origins
First Edition.
22cm x 14cm. 302 pages, [2] advertisements, [9] pages of black and white illustrations. Original green cloth, gilt lettering.
Psychoanalytic anthropology by Hungarian Geza Roheim (1891-1953). Roheim and his wife lived on and around the Hermannsburg Lutheran Mission in central Australia for nine months in 1929. The 9 pages of illustrations in this work being photographs from this time showing Aboriginal ceremony.
Minor shelf wear and foxing. Very Good Condition.
AU$150.00
1 in stock